Persons involved in working on different lists.
I. Belgian kings, royal family and entourage
II. Ministers, ambassadors and consuls of Leopold I and Leopold II
III. Governors-general, Secretaries of State & Secretaries-general of the ICS
IV. Governors-general in Belgian Congo
V. Ministers of the Colonies and Foreign Affairs
VI. Belgian diplomacy
VII. Royal commissioners, vice-governors-general, resident-general of Rwanda-Urundi
VIII. Political personalities and persons involved in politics
IX. Belgian and foreign personalities involved in the first expeditions in Central Africa under the reign of Leopold II
X. Belgian personalities involved in scientific discoveries in the 19th century (outside Africa)
XI. Belgian personalities involved in overseas affairs during the Ancien Régime
XII. Belgian personalities involved in Japan
XIII. Development aid
XIV. Business world and entrepreneurs
XV. Missionaries and religious figures
XVI. Linguists (sub-Saharan Africa)
XVII. The military
XVIII. Belgian artists in Central Africa
XIX. Lawyers, journalists, publicists and writers
XX. Cinema
XXI. Physicians
XXII. Geographers
XXIII. Other scientists
XXIV. Personalities of the sea world